Re: 16 yr old daughter
From: Mary (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 5 May 2000 22:08:26 -0500 (CDT)
Those ways of clearing the liver are interesting. I have struggled with
cycstic acne since PCO hit me about 8 yrs ago (i am now 30). I never
knew I had PCO tho or that I could consume something to help the acne go
away.
SO MY WAY of dealing with it is simply using Nuetrogena Acne Oil-Free
Acne wash. It has salycylic acid in it which is also known as
betahydroxy. It works a lot like alphahydroxy in that it sloughs the
dead cells off your face quicker, but I have found this works much more
effectively for me. What it does is basically prevents my skin from
getting as clogged as it would otherwise. I use in in am and p.m. And
it takes about a week so start showing a difference--and also a week of
negligence (not using it) before my acne starts boiling up again.
I have tried millions of cleansers trying to fight this acne and the
only one that's ever worked for me was the Nuetrogena. There is
actually another brand out now, with similar ingredients. Called
ClearLogix. But I've found that dries out me face so much it makes it
peel, so I'm going back to the Nuetrogena.
This is a totally different treatment idea than your liver cleansing,
but hey, whatever helps!! <:)
Best of luck to your daughter!! :)
At Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Kelley wrote:
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>At Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Sallie wrote:
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>>At Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Kelley wrote:
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>>>Sallie, Are your daughters under a dr's care? Or have you been able to find all this out through your own research? It sounds absolutely overwhelming to me! I didn't understand what you meant by the acne sometimes being called sugar diabetes??? Can you explain? And what do you mean by a "whole food diet"?
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>>Kelley,
>>Have you read my posts on inositol? My last one is under inositol on an
>>empty stomach posted yesterday. Having three teenage daughters with
>>PCOS I have struggled with all the things that go along with that. For
>>one I have to constanstly fight the diet issue without telling them they
>>need to lose weight. The low carb diet or more what we do as a whole
>>food diet is the best way to clear the skin. We are about to do a liver
>>cleansing diet at the beginning of the summer. The acne is actually
>>called sugar diabetes by some. My oldest is the one that has suffered
>>from acne the most. When she is following a low carb/high whole food
>>diet her face looks much better. Also a Bcomplex vitamin with extra B6
>>and patothentic acid is also a good idea.(I get the activated forms of
>>these vitamins) She also uses a acne treatment system by PROACTIVE that
>>helps tremendously. I order it off of QVC off the internet. But still
>>if she is eating pizza,bread, pasta, frech fries and just sugar her face
>>still gets more broken out but the PROACTIVE has kept the cystic acne
>>away. Liver cleansing vitamins and herbs are good for acne. We just
>>started milk thistle and alpha lipoic acid that are both liver
>>cleansing. Lipoic acid is also extremely excellent for insulin
>>resistance and weight loss. Also the inositol that I tell about in my
>>other post is a powerful liver cleaner. It clears the liver of fats and
>>excess cholesterol. The first two or three months of using inositol my
>>oldest's face got a little worse but she would not drink the 8 or more
>>glasses of water that I wanted her too to help clear all of it out. She
>>is doing low carb again and drinking a ton of water and her face is
>>doing great. She also has lost about 15 lbs in a month. I hope this
>>helps.
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>>Sallie
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>--
>Kelley
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